Chapter 07

William was still catching his breath as he got home. He looked at where Brieanna always park her rented bike but there's nothing he saw. So he tossed his head up, frustrated that he couldn't find her!

Why would she say have a good life if she won't do anything? She could've said good night! He thought. Ugh! Where could she be?

William was about to go when at the far side of the next cliff he saw her spreading her arms. It looked like she was feeling the wind on her face. Her hair was being blown. He sighed in relief that he finally saw her alive and standing.

He closed his eyes and looked down for a moment to finally catch his breath. The moment he look back at where she's at his eyes widened, she was nowhere. He frowned at her sudden disappearance.

Have a good life, William.

He heard her voice again in his head. No! As soon as he realized what she was trying to do after all those going around the town he rushed to where she saw her.

"Brie!" He screamed as he run as fast as he could to that other side.

Reaching the edge he saw some drop of blood and a blade on the side. "No," he murmured and looked down. He won't let her die! He fucking needs to save that stupid lady.

Without any hesitation he dived in to the water and swam deeper. The moment he saw her, the eager he was to save her. He saw that she was a rope tied to her bag, he immediately untied her and pull her up to the surface.

He swam to the shore with her on his harm. As soon as they were on the sand he checked if she was still breathing but no, she was unresponsive.

So what he did was open the airway by placing one hand on the forehead to tilt her head back and use two fingers from the other hand to lift her chin .

Taking his hand from her forehead, he pinch the soft part of her nose. Allowing the mouth to fall open. With her head still tilted, he took a breath in and place his mouth over her moth forming a seal. He blew into her mouth for one second, until her chest rises. He took his mouth away and watch the chest fall.

He gave her five initial breaths before starting the CPR. After it, he started to do thirty compressions, interlocking his fingers making sure it was in the middle of her chest and not hitting any ribs. Then gave two breathes after every 30 compressions. He kept doing CPR but she was still not responding.

"Come on Brie! Breath! Fucking damn breath!" He yelled as he kept pressing down hard to a depth of 5-6 cm.

He was getting hopeless and tired until she coughed and opened her eyes. That gave him mixed emotions and he tilted her to recovery position. He also hugged her because she was shaking. Yeah, recovering someone from drowning ain't as easy as seeing it on TV.

Then he thought of hypothermia. He immediately lift her up in a bridal carry position and rush her inside his house. He put her on the sofa. He didn't want to do it but he could see she's getting cold and weak. He went to get a blanket and made her take off her wet dress and wrap her up with a thick warm blanket. He took a towel and dried her hair at-least.

Also he remembered her cut, so he went to get his first aid kit and treated that deep cut. He went in his room and changed his clothes as well then hurried back to her. He saw she was still closing her eyes but at-least not shaking and shivering anymore. He sighed in relief, he almost lost this stupid lady.

After few moments of monitoring Brieanna he finally saw her being okay. He decided to make a hot chocolate drink for her. Once he was back, he saw her sit up but still covered with that blanket.

He sat down in front of her, looking at her grumpy face. It looks like she really did not want to be saved at all. But whatever, he already did. He handed her the chocolate drink. "Drink it and let's talk once you're all okay."

He was about to go and gave her privacy when she spoke.

"You shouldn't have saved me," she said not looking at him.

That made William frowned. "So you wanted me to just let you die and drown?"

Brieanna didn't respond to him. So, he went back to sit down and stare at her.

"You're really stupid aren't you?" He asked her again.

"You're stupid! I almost had it! I was already in it and you jumped to freaking save me! I didn't ask for you to save me!" Brieanna yelled as her tears fell down. "Ending my pain isn't stupid!"

"You sound stupid to me," William uttered, looking straight at her eyes. "What were you thinking? That you're the only one who has issues? That you're the only one who is suffering from life? Look around you Brieanna. I almost thought I lost you! I almost gave up pressing hard on your damn chest! Seeing you like that pains me! And I know we are strangers but I don't want to see you die like that."

Brieanna continued to cry and she thought about what Fred told her. "Somebody once told me that he couldn't save me anymore. I can't save myself too, nobody wanted to."

"I saved you. I want to save you so those people who didn't do it could go fuck theirselves!"

Brieanna continued to cry. "I didn't want to be saved. There's nothing more for me to live for."

"Yeah? Then what about last night? Didn't those light felt magical to you? Didn't it give you hope and taught you something?" He continuously asked. "If you want to find something beautiful then you gotta look at awful side first, Brie. Look for something beautiful in those scars of yours."

Brieanna knows he's right but she's just too lost to find anything. Her scars aren't just scars, they are what is still hurting her inside.

William tossed his head back and sighed. He doesn't like seeing her tears. He moved to her side and cupped Brie's face. He then wiped her tears away and hugged her.

"I'm here for you. I'll jump off a cliff a thousand more if that means keeping you alive," William whispered to her.

Brieanna eyes went round. She has never felt so comfortable and relieved for the past almost six years of her life. For the first time in those years, she found a safe place in someone's arms. A stranger's embrace.